Flash button not responding unless you move the mouse again.

are you using a normal button with up over states or are you using listeners.

Thank you for responding Sage.  You seem to always answer my questions!
I am using a normal button with over states and no listeners.   But I would definetly like to learn how to use listeners.  

listeners are cool but if you're using a simple button that clicks and does 1 thing such as goto a frame, then it could be overkill.
if you look in the flash help file (F1) they have examples there of how to use listeners and it's really not difficult.
i tried recreating your problem and I couldn't.
can you upload your file somewhere so we can have a look.

blu.

Paul,  I have the same problem in one of my apps.   I tried for about a month to find a solution that resolved the issue and ended up chalking it up as a bug in flash.  I just made my users aware of it and they move the mouse a little before clicking on the button again.  It's extremely annoying since it's a set of navigation buttons that lets them jump from one place to another and it's the "next" button that has the issue.  I had even posted this question on EE and ended up requesting a refund since I didn't get an answer after 2 months.  I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone.  I hope someone can figure this one out for you!

Thanks Blu,
I just realized your rank in "Sage".  That isn't your user name.  That is funny stuff.  I promise I am not a total idiot.  I took a look at the listener help in flash.  And the code makes sense.

Here is what they have:
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.eventName = function(eventObj:Object) {
    // Your code here
};
broadcasterObject.addListener(listenerObject);

What would I use for the  " //your code" here for refreshing the state of the button?

Here is an example the "Forward" and "backward" buttons are the ones giving me the problems.
http://www.southwindstechnologies.com/litchfieldstyle/default.htm.

Thanks again for the help.

I found a possible solution.  Create an identical button and actions cript when you click one it makes itself invisible and the other one visable with this code!
So this is the code I put on my button called "btnForward"

on (release) {
      _root.btnForward._visible = false
      _root.btnForward2._visible = true
}

So it is really two buttons swapping out but to the end user it only looks like one image.